Related manuals for PI Interface for OPC DA

PI Interface for OPC DA is based on the UniInt framework. UniInt interfaces use and interact with many other components of the PI System. For related information, refer to the following documents:

• PI Universal Interface (UniInt) User Guide

  Describes configuration, operation, and troubleshooting for UniInt-based interfaces. See the PI Universal Interface (UniInt) Framework User Guide.

• Read-only versus Read-write FAQ

  Describes information on the differences between read-only and read-write interfaces, and instructions for migrating from the read-write to the read-only option. See the Read-only versus Read-write FAQ.

• DCOM Security and Configuration

  Describes security configuration for OPC-related PI System products. See DCOM Security and Configuration.

• PI OPC Client User Guide

  Includes information on using the PI OPC Client Tool. See the PI OPC Client Tool User Guide.

• Data Archive System Management Guide

  Documentation for managing Data Archive installations, interfaces, PI points, and digital state sets. See the PI Data Archive System Management Guide.

• Data Archive Security Configuration Guide

  Includes information about Data Archive security. See the PI Data Security Configuration Guide.

• High Availability Administrator Guide

  Describes how to configure high availability and manage Data Archive and interface installations when using PI collectives. See the High Availability Administrator Guide.

• AF SDK and PI API Online Help Files

  Documentation for the AF SDK and PI API libraries used by interfaces. The embedded help (.chm) files are located in the %PIHOME%\PIPC\Help\ directory. PIHOME is an environment variable that contains the PI API installation path. See AF SDK and PI API Online Help Files.

• PI API Installation Instructions User Manual

  Details about installing supporting components, including buffering to prevent data loss if the connection to Data Archive is lost. See the PI API Installation Instructions User Manual.

• PI Buffering Manager Help Files

  Explains how to configure buffering using PI Buffer Subsystem 4.3 or later, including how to upgrade from API Buffer Server (bufserv) if needed. The embedded help files are located at PIPC/HELP/BufferManager.chm.

• PI Interface Configuration Utility User Guide

  Describes how to configure interfaces using PI ICU. See the PI Interface Configuration Utility User Guide.

• Interface logging

  For more information about reading message logs, see the AVEVA Knowledge Base article How to read new UniInt 4.5.0.x and later Interface message logs.

• Interface release notes

  Release-specific information about functional updates, bug fixes, and new features. Release notes are provided both for the UniInt framework and for each interface.

• Data Access Custom Interface Standard v2.05a

  The OPC Foundation documentation for v2.05a of OPC DA.

• Handling non-English characters or strings on the PI Server

  See the AVEVA Knowledge Base article, Can non-English characters be used in tag names, modules names, module database alias names, and properties names.